{"id":1172,"date":"2015-02-22T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T22:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2015-02-22T20:06:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T01:06:35","slug":"my-favorite-latinoa-blogs-for-20142015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Latino\/a Blogs for 2014\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This may be my last post recommending my favorite Latino blogs. I posted entries in <a title=\"My Favorite Latino Blogs\" href=\"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=46\">2009<\/a>, <a title=\"My Favorite Latino Blogs for 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=98\">2010<\/a>, and <a title=\"My Favorite Latino Blogs for 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=634\">2011<\/a> then took a long break until now. There are so many Latino\/a-based blogs out there making it extremely difficult for me to list my favorites. Initially, I wanted to showcase the wonderful work of Latino\/a bloggers and encourage others to undertake the art of blogging.\u00a0 In 2015, there is no shortage of Latino\/a-based stories in the <a title=\"Blogosphere\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blogosphere\" target=\"_blank\">blogosphere<\/a>. However, I wanted to take another opportunity to recognize the work of some pretty amazing blogs. Check them out and feel free to follow them on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my favorite seven Latino\/a blogs for 2014\/15:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Latina Author, Odilia RIvera-Santos\" href=\"http:\/\/latinaauthor.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Odilia Rivera-Santos<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 <a title=\"Odilia Rivera-Santos - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bezotes\" target=\"_blank\">Odilia Rivera-Santos<\/a> is an Afro-Puerto Rican artist\/educator born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico who presently resides in the Bronx, NYC. She is the author of a book of poetry entitled, <em>Love When You Say Love<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Juan of Words\" href=\"http:\/\/www.juanofwords.com\" target=\"_blank\">Juan of Words<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Juan of Words - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juanofwords\" target=\"_blank\">Juan of Words<\/a> is a Mexican lifestyle blog written by Juan, Anjelica, and Edgar who are all from the great state of Texas. Juan of Words is a snapshot into the lives that make up this Mexican-American family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Growing Up Blackxican \" href=\"http:\/\/growingupblackxican.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GUBlife (formerly Growing Up Blackxican)<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Ruby - GUBlife - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rubydw\" target=\"_blank\">GUBlife<\/a> a blog about family life, fun adventures and new traditions from a diverse modern family. The lifestyle blog provides readers with posts about culture+tradition, crafts+DIY, marriage+parenting, food+recipes, travel, and bilingualism (English\/Spanish.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Latina On a Mission\" href=\"http:\/\/latinaonamission.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latina On a Mission<\/a> &#8211; Latina On a Mission is a blog by <a title=\"Migdalia Rivera - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsLatina\" target=\"_blank\">Migdalia Rivera<\/a> about life, style, and substance for the modern Latina. Follow this \u201cLatina On a Mission\u201d to learn how she thrives while living frugally and raising two boys on her own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Latino Foodie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinofoodie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Foodie<\/a> &#8211; Based in Los Angeles, <a title=\"Latino Foodie - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latinofoodie\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Foodie<\/a> highlights cultural trends in food and beverage and has become a source for home cooks and foodies to come together for original and adapted recipes and cultural capsules educating readers of the history of Latino food and cuisine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Tech Life Magazine \" href=\"http:\/\/techfoodlife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Life Magazine<\/a> &#8211; Tech Life Magazine is a blog by <a title=\"Eva Smith - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eva_smith\" target=\"_blank\">Eva Smith<\/a> focusing on technology trends, food, music, entertainment and lifestyle news. Eva Smith has received several awards and recognitions including <em>Latina&#8217;s<\/em> &#8220;25 Women Who Shine In Tech&#8221; and <em>USA Today&#8217;s<\/em> &#8220;6 Latin@ Bloggers to Watch.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Los Rodriguez Life \" href=\"http:\/\/losrodriguezlife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Rodriguez Life<\/a> &#8211; <a title=\"Los Rodriguez Life - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LosRodriguez_\">Los Rodriguez Life<\/a> is a blog by <a title=\"Los Rodriguez Life - Javier - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_HaviAir\" target=\"_blank\">Javier<\/a> (from Chile) and <a title=\"Los Rodriguez Life - Leslie - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/l_slierodriguez\" target=\"_blank\">Leslie<\/a> (from Kentucky) who love the married life and thought it would be cool to share some of the things they do. They originally started the blog so that Javier\u2019s family in Chile could keep in touch with their daily lives from a distance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to share some of your favorite Latino blogs you are welcome to mention them in the comments section.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fphilvelez.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1172&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px;height:20px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may be my last post recommending my favorite Latino blogs. I posted entries in 2009, 2010, and 2011 then took a long break until now. There are so many Latino\/a-based blogs out there making it extremely difficult for me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1172\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-blogs","category-latino"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Favorite Latino\/a Blogs for 2014\/2015 - V&eacute;lez&#039;s View<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1172\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Favorite Latino\/a Blogs for 2014\/2015 - V&eacute;lez&#039;s View\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This may be my last post recommending my favorite Latino blogs. 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